Over the Reef (2002 Remastered Version) - Duncan Browne

Over the Reef (2002 Remastered Version) Lyrics

I had the urge to travel
and I washed up on this shore
Unaware it was
one in a million isles
Out on the sand that evening
it was you I saw
gathering up the light
of a million smiles
Oh, Samoa, ah
hear me I abide
I’ll sleep with this dream
by my side until dawn
Upon this South Sea island
I would make my home
If I thought my fortune
would let me be

My fashionable clothes
look so prosaic here
I don’t think I can
fight off the urge
to throw them in the sea
Oh, Samoa, ah
The storm is in the skies
But I’ll sleep
with the stars in my eyes
until dawn
What I love about this island
is the way you stay undressed
With beckoning eyes you tell me
the night is young
Let the lazy trade winds
play with your hair
but let me do the rest
The best part of my travels
has just begun
Oh, Samoa, ah
As your sun sets
my senses rise
Banish the sleep from my eyes
until dawn
As you stretch your dusky limbs
out in the evening sun
We two must look just like
a poster for Bacardi rum
But your fingers have a magic touch
I have never felt before
Surrounded by your softness
I linger on
Oh, Samoa, ah
My commitments wait for me
but let them all
jump in the sea
until dawn
Tonight I feel a million
peaceful miles from home
Palm tree lights
are flickering in the haze
And you are the darkest woman
I have ever known
Your laughing voice
will stay with me
now, forever and always
Oh, Samoa, ah
My ship must sail today
but I’ll never be far away
in my mind
Oh, Samoa, ah
Keep the daylight far away
Oh I wish in my heart
I could stay behind
Lyrics Submitted by Richard Gagnon